The Anti-slavery Movement in England: A Study in English HumanitarianismArchon Books, 1968 - 390 pages |
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Page 32
... Quakers , but nothing positive had been said about slavery itself , which had a rather firm foothold even in England , although it is barely possible that no Quakers were slave- holders there . In America , on the other hand , the ...
... Quakers , but nothing positive had been said about slavery itself , which had a rather firm foothold even in England , although it is barely possible that no Quakers were slave- holders there . In America , on the other hand , the ...
Page 33
... Quaker district , and seems to have been given up by all other American Quakers about the same time . It lingered longer in the South.23 The agitation in America has a direct bearing on Eng- lish opinion . An American Quaker , Anthony ...
... Quaker district , and seems to have been given up by all other American Quakers about the same time . It lingered longer in the South.23 The agitation in America has a direct bearing on Eng- lish opinion . An American Quaker , Anthony ...
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... Quakers had withdrawn from the iniquity , but these formed , after all , a relatively small religious body . Upon the whole , the powerful slave interests had until 1784 felt safe in avoiding controversy . The time was ripe for ...
... Quakers had withdrawn from the iniquity , but these formed , after all , a relatively small religious body . Upon the whole , the powerful slave interests had until 1784 felt safe in avoiding controversy . The time was ripe for ...
Contents
CHAPTER PAGE | 1 |
The Formation of Public Opinion in Great | 22 |
The Attack on the Slave Trade 17831793 | 59 |
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